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This Week's Rohnert Park Headlines

Catch up on news you may have missed.

The City Council this week approved the 2011-2012 Budget, packed with new fiscal policies aimed at getting Rohnert Park . Stay tuned at Rohnert Park Patch this week for an in-depth look at how the changes will impact Rohnert Park residents.

In the same stroke, the to fund three Rohnert Park-based nonprofits' affordable housing and homeless prevention programs. 

As the city moves forward with new fiscal policies and a new budget, it's still grappling with how Gov. Jerry Brown's newly-passed state budget will impact city departments, such as the Community Development Commission, which allocates redevelopment monies. Stay tuned to Rohnert Park Patch for this important ongoing coverage over the next month.

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Gov. Brown's budget could have a serious impact on K-12 funding in local schools if at least $2 billion of his anticipated $4 billion in income revenues don't materialize. .

In the same vein of fiscal policies, Rohnert Park City Manager Gabe Gonzalez is still reviewing a proposal to to the county and to Rancho Adobe Fire Protection District. This week, the powerful public safety officer's union , arguing Gonzalez's proposal goes against what voters were promised when the OK'd Measure E last year. 

Find out what's happening in Rohnert Park-Cotatiwith free, real-time updates from Patch.

Have you been to the weekly Friday Night Farmers Market yet? Check out this , to find out what market-goers had to say.

News also broke this week that a Rohnert Park family, wanting to help Jeff and Ling Murray after the tragic Dec. 1 accident that took their daughter, is organizing a  for the family. Check out that story, and get contact phone numbers if you want to help by.


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